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Bounty for Pixel 3a/Halium 9 stability

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Google Pixel 3a/3a XL
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      esoteric @mELu9WUv
      last edited by esoteric 9 Oct 2021, 20:58 10 Sept 2021, 20:56

      @melu9wuv I would go with red pocket's, but you may have a bit of testing ahead. Post any good fixes you find for others. Very niche problem that specific answers would be nice to find

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        dieharddan @mELu9WUv
        last edited by 19 Sept 2021, 00:24

        @melu9wuv im getting sms and mms on red pocket (at&t) here's my apn settings

        MMS
        Name: Red Pocket
        APN: PRODATA
        MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
        Proxy: 172.26.39.1
        Proxy Port: 80

        Internet
        Name: Red Pocket
        APN: PRODATA

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          lsitongia
          last edited by 16 Nov 2021, 02:27

          I'm trying to get MMS going on a new install. Trying the developer channel. Using Google Fi SIM card. This works well in my Nexus 4, and apparently MMS works there. In my Pixel 3a, though, it automatically sets the carrier as Google Fi but the APN settings have two T-Mobile entries. I have the known problem that I cannot add another APN, however if I edit one of the T-Mobile entries and name it Google it creates a third one! However, when I set that for Internet and MMS, it always changes itself back to Internet only.

          Another thing is that I cannot edit /var/lib/ofono files. Permission denied. The directory is user "radio" and rw only for that user, so user phablet cannot cd there.

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            Keneda @lsitongia
            last edited by Keneda 16 Nov 2021, 02:36

            @lsitongia said in Bounty for Pixel 3a/Halium 9 stability:

            Another thing is that I cannot edit /var/lib/ofono files. Permission denied. The directory is user "radio" and rw only for that user, so user phablet cannot cd there.

            System files on Ubuntu Touch are, for security reasons, read only by default.

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              lsitongia @Keneda
              last edited by 16 Nov 2021, 02:41

              @keneda fredldotme suggested editing those files directly, previously in this thread. Does that explain why we cannot add a new APN, because the files are not writable?

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                lsitongia @dieharddan
                last edited by 16 Nov 2021, 03:33

                @dieharddan, from what people are saying, GSM networks should be working now for MMS. I have Google Fi, which, on the Pixel 3a running UT, connects to T-Mobile, I think I'm on GSM, and it should work. However, when I reboot with wifi off, only sending photos works. Cannot receive them. Gives an error that links to Google Fi help. I've ordered a Red Pocket SIM card to try that.

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                  Keneda @lsitongia
                  last edited by Keneda 16 Nov 2021, 03:43

                  @lsitongia
                  System files are read only for user and confined apps.
                  System setting app will have read/write on files it needs to edit.
                  Now you can make system files read write for user, entering the right command line in terminal app, search forum for that.
                  But what i can tell you is on my phone, apn settings works, i can create new apn, so maybe an issue on your device port.

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                    lsitongia @fredldotme
                    last edited by 17 Nov 2021, 19:36

                    @fredldotme Could you tell me what the steps are to make the changes to the gprs file to "stick"? Rebooting rewrites it with the T-Mobile ones that this phone defaults to when I put my Google Fi SIM in. Popping the SIM out and putting it back in also rewrites it. This same SIM card works great in my Nexus 4: pop it in, automatically gets T-Mobile settings (which are different from when I pop the card into my Pixel 3a), MMS works to and from with WiFi on or off. I'm trying to use the UI or modify the gprs file directly, and it won't stay what I set it to.

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                      lsitongia @lsitongia
                      last edited by 17 Nov 2021, 19:47

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                        lsitongia @lsitongia
                        last edited by 17 Nov 2021, 21:03

                        Here's what I do: I've prepared a gprs file on my Linux box. First I turn off Cellular data in the UI, then I adb push it to the phone, then adb shell to the phone, then sudo cp the gprs file to /var/lib/ofono/###########/gprs. When I turn Cellular data back on, the gprs file on the phone is immediately overwritten with the original one, that I get when I Reset All APN Settings in the UI. Where are those settings coming from? From the cell provider (Google Fi)? Some other file on the phone? So, I can't use the UI to set the APN I want and I can't hand code it in the gprs file. What's it gonna take?

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